Heel-grip for shoes



G. LAWLER.

HEEL'GRIP FOR SHOES. APPLIcAnoN FILED Auejzs,v 1920.

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GEORGE LAWLER, F AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.A

. y HEEL-GRIP Eon; sHoEs.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE LAWLER, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and

residing at 123 Remuera road, Remuera, in

the Provincial District of Auckland, New

Zealand, a subject of the-King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Improved Heel-Grip for Shoes, of which Vthe following is a specification.

f This invention relates to shoes, especially ladies shoes and rovides im roved means for preventing same from slipping at the heel when being worn.

The invention consists in providing a pneumatic pad, shaped to t and adapted to be securedvertically around the inside of the back portion of a shoe, the lower edge of the pad being recessed lor shaped to accommodate the back of the wearers heel, in order that the latter will be firmly gripped by the pad, and the shoe prevented from slipping and chang the heel when walking.

The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure l, is a perspective View of the rear portion of a shoe, showing the pad fitted therein.

Fig. 2, is la view of the pad opened removed from the shoe and, l

Fig. 3 isa cross sectional view of same.

The pneumatic pad l is made the shape shown in Fig. 2 and consists in two normally spaced walls connected around the margin of the pad as shown in'Fig. 2. A strip 2 y of canvas, strong calico webbing or the like, is secured along the uppery edge of the pad so as to project fromrsamel The lower edge of the strip 2 is attached Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed August 26, 1920.

Serial No. 406,253.

and is secured by the strip 2`being bent downward and glued to the inside of the heel portion 3, or between the thicknesses of leather of the latter.

rlhe pad l can also be secured to the portion 3 by adhesive matter.

The pad is made of a greater depth at its ends than at its center, so as to form a central recess 4, which accommodates and grips the back of the heel of the wearer of the shoe when the latter is being worn.

Also the pad l being pneumatic is resilient and compresses suiiiciently to allow the shoe to be put onand taken off with ease. Immediately however, the shoe is in position on the foot, the pad expands and firmly grips the heel. Y

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is,

l. A heel grip for shoes comprising a flat pad having aninternal fluid-tight air chamber providing a pneumatic cushion, said pad being adapted to be secured about and to cover the major portionof the heel of a shoe.

2. A heel grip for shoes comprising a flat pad having an internalfluid-tight air chamber of uniform thickness throughout embodyingV a pneumatic cushion, said pad being adapted to be secured about and to cover the major portion of the inner heel y pad increased in width, said pad ,being adapted to be iitted and secured about the inner portion of the edge of a shoe. l

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses;

GEORGE LAwLER. f 

